good morning I am so excited because I get to take a dressage lesson today
now here's the thing as I know I have another video of one of my dressage
lessons and I'll put a link to that above but today I'm riding blossom I
have never put my dressage saddle on blossom until this morning
so she's in my trailer she's tacked up so doesn't matter to me that I haven't
ridden her in it yet it'll go just fine so and I think it fits her blossom has
to so she's like kind of like ahead of Oh
so go the other way let me see the been going the other way cuz I like left then
they waited it unto your right leg a little bit more there you go
if I had to say the flexion going left versus the flexion going right the right
is a little bit less
let's circle a little bit and because she's a little smaller I don't want you
to use the whole ring the girl from like the round to the quarter line like yeah
and keep kind of pushing her out a little bit like we did with the Appy Mir
tend to push your ribs out a little bit because some of that flexion and this
problem that you're having in this direction she's a little lazy on that
right hi - so that's what measure work that right mind it's gonna make your
lifter belly up and over a little bit better on your strawberry nice so now
you should feel like you have a little better outside right
nice girl yeah keep supporting your yes she falls against your life
so keep supporting here and ask her to stand your weather up to your left hand
so you're gonna have to probably support her every stride a little bit more
because you are just slightly falling in with her so I want you to take your
right hand a little bit more to the left just so that you can take your rib cage
your rib cage to the outside the puts chips with a little bit more right leg
on and she has to kind of stand up a little bit better off you're out you're
inside like so take your right hand again and take it over the wither brings
her in so if you're kind of tight or if you're calling in with their left hand
you're making your shoulders hold so bring her your outside rein also a
little off her shoulders so you're gonna open up the left hand a little bit
you're gonna take the right here the little towards the wither yeah see on
our weather is it going out a little bit more and then when she still falls in
you push her off your leg shove her over there shove her open ah yeah take your
hands to the outside both of them take both the hands to the outside yeah you
can always have all what she gets a little bit when she can list your
Withers over to the left you can always have off the ring but I wanna
directionally lift your withers up to your outside rein and if you're outside
rain is falling in good girl very nice change directions
same size circle
now in this direction because she's so good your hands already do that you know
your hands are already riding a little bit right because their shoulders are
going a little right correct yeah
yeah blame her there yeah I thought she was flying I think there's a be
happening for something a little bit of screaming and flapping he's like I think
oh my god bring your inside leg forward and kick her showing around the letters
yeah there you go
in some ways Brady what I'm trying to do is because she falls in with her
shoulders not so much in this direction is the other direction when I want you
to take your hands a little bit to the outside so that she's encouraged yeah
she's encouraged to go out there like that and then we get control the outside
children that we can do things with ah good now go the other way and try to do
the same thing take your hands to the outside yeah nice nice
I like the sort thank you so now you can you see how your hands are falling yes
yep yep and so directionally you're pulling
you're in a little bit so now take your hands to the outside and lift her off
your upper leg and your upper foot that's okay that she falls out a little
bit because I want her to I want her to feel like she can go out a little bit
and then we can catch it like a guardrail and direct it if that makes
sense but again you're riding her in out so don't feel like I'm breaking her I'm
just encouraging Church to pick up her shoulders and take them directly to the
outside and then yeah I take it yeah lift her shoulder off your leg again
she's lifting your shoulders to the outside and then we're gonna be able to
catch it not today not tomorrow but in a couple weeks so what happens if you
can't you're out of that
for cancer whether shoulders are drifting a little tiny bit out yeah okay
but she will try to dive in yeah
do it again when you're ready ah
good girl that was excellent same thing in the cancer I want you to lose drift
pick her up and push your shoulders out a little you just have to be careful
because you don't want your weight weight to go out to the last you want to
stay weighted on their right foot but you want her to lift your withers to the
outside yeah like that do that again
good job you're teaching here to get off that inside shoulder and go back to
truck and when she lives she's gonna lay it on that shoulder so pick her up
like Miami really good I know but she's gonna get
she's gonna book she's just going to pick up on a lot of do you feel like
you're a little bit short in the stirrup both on both legs I brought them up two
holes for what they does that right one does look a little short for shoe to
keep that leg long but I want to help you work on that candidate rock
transition yeah because she she cements herself right into that that right
shoulder and then it takes you four five strides to get her out of there so what
I want to do is when you get ready to ask her for the downward I want you to
leg so that you keep leg yielding leg building leg building trust okay and you
really have to continue the leg to couple strides to the trot - because
she's gonna as soon as she lands on us and that shoulder and you're gonna have
to immediately go don't lick it lick it lick it
that's gonna be hers you're saying right right height right hind right - he needs
a little bit to the outside support her a little bit more on your upper inside
leg you got it now you can touch the outside rein there and choose between
your inside thigh and your outside right good job
we could sell this horse tomorrow when she brings her shoulders out no you
gotta use that outside rain and then stabilizer out there
yeah like take your heat take your hands to the outside again your outside
support around your leg in your ring so it's the inside leg outside right yes
now when you're ready yeah I'd be careful and so when when part of the
reason that she comes back on that inside
you wanna charter low and she's been to your outside right just close the
outside
blossom was such a good girl I'm so proud of her
Nelly had a little bit of a hard time being separated but she'll get over that
so I learned so many good things and I'm gonna go home and practice I'm really
thankful that we have the opportunity to bring instructors up here so we're in
Upper Michigan and our instructors usually come from lower Michigan we
bring something Wisconsin turn it all over but we're kind of isolated where
we're at so it's nice to have access to so many really knowledgeable people the
cool thing about this horse is everything I do with her whether it be
cow working dressage speed events trail riding jumping you name it everything I
have tried with her she just shows natural talent so that's super cool
because this first can go in any direction and I really like that I'm
having so much fun of her and that's why my business is named versatile
horsemanship is I like everything I can't pick one thing that I like to do
more than something else so I need a horse that can kind of hang with me I
like it a lot so all right if you enjoyed this video please be sure to
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bye